Brookburn Community Primary School
Pupil Premium Policy
Policy written by:
Policy reviewed & passed by: Teaching and Learning/Resources Committee
Key person responsible for Pupil Premium:
Other policies linked to this policy:
Inclusion policy, Equalities policy
Contents
Mission Statement, Principles, Background page 3
Provision and reporting - page 4
Success criteria and appeals - page 5
Principles
All members of staff, governors and teaching assistants accept responsibility
for ‘socially disadvantaged’ pupils and are committed to meeting their
pastoral, social and academic needs.
As with every child in our care, a child who is considered to be ‘socially
disadvantaged’ is valued, respected and entitled to develop to his/her full
potential, irrespective of need.
Background
The pupil premium is a new Government initiative that targets extra money at
pupils from deprived backgrounds, which research shows underachieve
compared to their non-deprived peers. The premium is provided in order to
support these pupils in reaching their potential.
The Government have used pupils entitled to Free School meals as an
indicator for deprivation, and have deployed a fixed amount of money to
schools per pupil, based on the number of pupils registered for Free School
meals. This fixed amount of money will increase every year of the course of
this current Parliament. At Brookburn Community Primary school we will be
using the indicator of those eligible for Free School meals as our target
children to ‘narrow the gap’ regarding attainment.
The Government are not dictating how schools should spend this money, but
are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will
support their pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘narrow the gap’. Schools
will be accountable for narrowing the gap, and there is a planned reform to the
school performance tables to include new measures that show the attainment
of pupils who receive the pupil premium compare with their peers.
Provision
In order to meet the above requirements, the Governing Body of Brookburn
Community Primary school will ensure that provision is made which secures
the teaching and learning opportunities that meet the needs of all pupils. Our
priority in the academic year 2012-2013 will be focussed on ‘narrowing the
gap’ for those pupils not on track to achieve Level 2 and Level 4 at the end of
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 respectively.
As part of the additional provision made for pupils who belong to vulnerable
groups, the Governors of the school will ensure that the needs of socially
disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed through termly
pupil progress meetings.
In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, the Governors of the
school recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be
socially disadvantaged.
The Governors also recognise that not all pupils who are socially
disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals. The Governors
reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil of
groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially
disadvantaged.
The range of provision
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Facilitating pupils’ access to education
Facilitating pupils access to the curriculum
Additional teaching and learning opportunities
Alternative support and intervention, arranged through a
pupil’s parents, where funds are available after securing the
school’s own programme
The Inclusion leader, in conjunction with the Headteacher, will maintain an
ongoing programme of support for socially disadvantaged pupils, which will be
subject to the oversight of the Governors’ Teaching and Learning/Resources
Committee.
Reporting
It will be the responsibility of the inclusion co-ordinator, to produce a termly
report for the Governor’s Teaching and Learning /Resources Committee on:
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The progress made towards narrowing the gap, by year
group, for socially disadvantaged pupils.
An outline of the provision that was made during the term
since the last meeting.
An evaluation of the cost effectiveness, in terms of the
progress made by the pupils receiving a particular provision,
when compared with other forms of support.
It will be the responsibility of the main Governing body to ensure and outline
of the school’s progress towards ‘narrowing the gap’ for socially
disadvantaged pupils is given to the school’s Governors on a termly basis.
The governing body will consider the information provided from the Teaching
and Learning Committee in the light of the data relating to the progress of the
school’s socially disadvantaged pupils in conjunction with the revised schools’
league tables.
The Governors of Brookburn Community Primary School will ensure that there
is an annual statement to the parents on how the Pupil Premium funding has
been used to address the issue of ‘narrowing the gap’, for socially
disadvantaged pupils. This task will be carried out within the requirements
published by the Department for Education.
Success Criteria
The evaluation of this policy is based on how quickly the school can ‘narrow
the gap’ between socially disadvantaged pupils and their peers. Targets will
be identified and evaluated annually and included in the School Improvement
Plan.
The success criteria for the Pupil Premium Policy are:
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Early intervention and support for socially disadvantaged children
The vast majority of socially disadvantaged children will meet their
individual targets.
Effective parental pupil school support.
Having an effective system for identifying, assessing and monitoring
pupils.
Having a whole-school approach.
Create a positive school atmosphere in which pupils’ differences are
recognised and valued as full members of the school community;
developing confident and independent learners.
Appeals
Any appeal in connection with the disposition of the pupil premium funding will
be dealt with through the Governors’ appeals panel.
Policy approved by FGB January 2013
Review of policy January 2014